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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
10
Ames undergraduates face governance shakeup after raids on a fraternity and six-member arraignments. Prof McDonald to yield duties. President Hughes favors broader fraternity president role to boost oversight and student confidence.
Des Moines and Iowa reports describe a severe blizzard with 50 mph winds, temperatures from 14 below to 12 above, and heavy drifts paralyzing rail and bus service. Two deaths in Webster City from exposure, and widespread communication outages as lines fail and trains struggle to run.
Oslo dispatch reports 1927 Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Ferdinand Buisson of France, president of the League of the Rights of Man, and Ludwig (Ludwig Guidde) Guidde, active officer of the German Peace League, as announced by Central News.
Washington Oct 8 The revenue bill raises total taxes to 23 735 000 from 23 000 000 as estimated by the house Ways and Means Committee. Chairman Green reported the new estimate shows 7 735 060 above Mellon’s 226 000 000 ceiling while committee requests for cuts totaling over 5600 000 000 were deemed impossible to grant.
Dee Seymour of Canton Indiana, driver of the car that collided with another, faces three charges including criminal negligence drunken driving and driving at a high rate of speed. A coroner's jury recommended hold for grand jury after Mrs. Walter E Daniels died from burns when her car overturned and burned following the crash between Seymour’s car and hers in Seymour Wisconsin.
Fingerprint operatives of the state investigation were today comparing prints of all juniors and seniors at the Jeent klah school to place guilt for the theft of $180 from a school superintendent's office. Prints of the Mileves fingers were bound on the glass in a transom through which entry to the office was gained. A total of 250 prints were taken. The robbery occurred on December 1.
In Rock Island Illinois on December 8 George Pietrzcyk a 42 year old patient at the East Moline state hospital for the insane suddenly became violent smashing the skulls of two fellow patients with an ax. The dead are Lorenza Lorenzen 69 Milwaukee and J Nelson 62 from Galesburg Illinois. The attack occurred in the basement beneath the hospital dining room. Pietrzcyk had not shown prior violence.
Cleveland reports Paul Whiteman, famed orchestra leader, signed a contract to broadcast on a radio chain starting January 4 at a compensation of 20000 dollars per hour. Decatur, Ill. Loren Murchison, Olympic sprinter, remained critically ill after being taken to a local hospital with an unconscious condition on Wednesday. Attending doctors gave no immediate prognosis.
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A blizzard driven by a northwest gale left Waterloo with temperatures up to 19 degrees below zero, piling snow to seven inches and halting rail and interurban traffic. Crews cleared tracks as trains resumed slowly, streetcars stayed halted, telephones suffered major outages, and only a small fire was reported. Water main and postal services began restoration with workers deployed citywide.
With six schools reporting, 299 needy children are listed for the Good Fellows Christmas parity to be distributed Saturday, Dec. 17. The drive aims to reach 400 as investigations finish. Emerson school pupils repaint used toys while B and P W club members assist. Mrs W P Keards leads as general chairman urging gifts and supplies for the 400 children in Water loo.
Clarence Darrow testified Remus had a good reputation as a Chicago lawyer and that Mrs. Remus plotted to kill him with a pistol, while Harry Truesdale described the alleged plot and offered details of a $10,000 payoff. Darrow called Remus emotional yet peaceful in years of practice. Court adjourned after Darrow left the stand.
A committee to study plans for reorganizing the Iowa State Teachers' Association was named by P. Vasey of Mason City, former president. Heads are H. C. erg, Fred D. Farmer, Storm Luke, and Charles A. Kittrell, with West Liberty also serving. A preliminary report on proposals will be presented at spring district meetings and the state Des Moines gathering in November.
Police investigated seven burglaries at the summer home of U S Senator William S. Vare of Pennsylvania. The house, a show place, had been closed for winter and held valuable artwork and silver. Losses will be assessed after Vare returns from Washington.
William Maher, 57, of Des Moines, a traveling salesman, died instantly when his car skidded on sleet and overturned late yesterday near State Center Iowa. The mishap occurred as he was returning from Des Moines.
James Williams pleaded guilty to narcotics possession. Federal Judge Adams Cliffe sentenced him to one year and four days at Leavenworth penitentiary, noting Williams’ concern for social standing and his belief prison would hurt his reputation.
Chicago December reports the American Farm Bureau federation closes with calls for farm relief via the Mc Nary Haugen plan and flood control. Delegates back Pershing as a possible presidential candidate and urge action on Muscle Shoals Boulder dam and St Lawrence waterway. Removal of auto tax demanded. 3,000 delegates cheer Pershing for the White House. Dinovina Tastes 20 minutes, S. H. Thompson re elected president.
Nokomis Minn Dec 1 18 year old Walsh Herrick son of Will Herrick Shelbyville was found frozen to death this morning along a railroad right of way near Nokomis. Herrick had been returning from Nokomis to Shelbyville last night with three companions when they became separated. He wandered away in the cold and was found by officials. The companions were arrested pending investigation.
A two year old campus rule against co-ed smoking was revealed after the faculty and President R. M. Hughes ordered that advertisements offering cigarettes to men or women be barred from the Town State Student newspaper.
The administration supports a plan by Army engineers to control a misbal PPI menace. A Northwestern Bell manager opposes singling out the telephone company for a smoke nuisance at the Riviera theatre. He notes the heating plant smokestack and the Hawkeye building cause smoke and misidentify the source.
Washington D C Dec The Antisalvon league served notice on major political parties that in 1928 they will demand more than law enforcement planks. A resolution says party leaders must name as standard bearers loyal candidates who support the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. F Scout McBride led league affairs with Ernest H Gherrington to head a new education department and temperance education policy.
The Iowa State Board of Railroad Commissioners announced new rates for sorghum cane and other commodities. Waconia sorghum mill Cedar Rapids and Des Moines Chamber of Commerce sought rates. minimum car weight 40,000 pounds. Rates: 16 miles or less 0 cents per ton. 19-25 miles 74 cents. 26-50 miles 90 cents. Effective Feb 1 1928. The Horn Bros Timber Co sought lower mine timber rates. reductions approved for 25 50 100 200 mile shipments. Mascatine Shippers assoc denied rate cuts for shells and chims. John Morew Packing Ottumwa sought relief from drayage transfer charges. commission granted.
W a l l a u t t e , D C December 1 9 2 5 The battle for a Republican presidential candidate to steer Calvin Coolidge will be waged for civic and safaria of Kansas City beginning next June 12 The Missouri City was chosen by the Republican national committee after a meeting The date for opening day June 2 made it likely the Democratic convention will follow The Democratic national committee will meet here next month to choose a date likely in late June.
Bennett Doty of Memphis Tennessee recently honored from the French Foreign Legion arrived and said he intends to sail for America Saturday aboard the New York or the Bremen from Paris in a bid for return to the United States.
President Coolidge sent to Congress the army engineers flood control plan for the lower Mississippi from Cairo Illinois to the gulf with a total cost of 296.4 million dollars over ten years. The federal government would pay 80 percent and states 20 percent. The plan covers spillways diverts in Louisiana riverbank works from Cairo to New Madrid and stabilization of the channel. Reforestation is noted as a supplementary measure with an estimated 25 million dollar first year outlay and about 30 million annually thereafter.
Fire in East Chicago Indiana destroyed a building in the business district causing about 400000 dollars in damage. One firefighter was injured leaping from the structure as the roof collapsed. Additional units from Gary Hammond and Indiana Harbor aided local crews but the blaze remained confined to the one building. Twenty families nearby were driven into near zero weather by the flames.
In Lynn on December 8 a fast spreading blaze destroyed the Tracy public grammar school in West Lynn, prompting a hospital panic as flames reflected on Union hospital windows. Estimated damage reached about 400 000 dollars after 500 000 in initial figures. Nurses assisted residents and firefighters fought embers blown by wind for nearly two hours before control.
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